Tobacco settlement seals truce in Washington talks
In a long, delicate set of negotiations in a Washington hotel, tobacco giants led by Philip Morris and legal foes including Washington state AG Christine Gregoire reached a widely watched settlement. The accord, shaped by years of lawsuits accusing industry harm, aimed to curb teen smoking and avert mounting financial verdicts.
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Washington
Philip Morris
Marc Firestone
Washington State
Christine Gregoire
Big Tobacco
Poe
Kyle
Mississippi
Michael Moore
Gregoire
Anti-Tobacco Hawks
North Carolina
Clinton
J. Phil Carlton
Tobacco Industry
Carlton
Moore
Geoffrey Bible
R.J. Reynolds
Steven Goldstone
Bruce Lindsey
Humidity slows start of area harvest in northwest Kansas
Harvest in Ellis and surrounding counties begins with wet conditions delaying cutting. Todd Stolz of Midland Marketing notes humidity slows truck throughput while early yields show test weights from 60 to 64 pounds per bushel and moisture 10 to 20 percent across Toulon Victoria Hays Riga elevators. Farther north in Riga the wheat arrival is delayed by overall excess moisture.
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Todd Stolz
Central Area
Midland Marketing Co-op
Toulon
Stolz
Ellis County
Munjor
Victoria
Lloyd Lang
Lang
Marvin Rome
United Ai Service
Rome
Hays
Stan Maskus
Midland Marketing
Kansas
Golden Belt Co-op Association
Riga
Trego County
Custom cutter shortage hampers Ness County wheat harvest
Ness City area harvest offices report a critical lack of custom cutters as fields ripen. Supply is stretched across states Texas Oklahoma Kansas seeks crews while local labor pools run dry. Farmers fear delays may waste ripe wheat as crews move through southern states.
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Ness
Kansas
Ness County
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Nebraska
Oberley
Ness City
Ellis County
Todd Stolz
Midland Marketing Co-op
Toulon
Stolz
Sharon Springs
Leaders at summit press for Hong Kong and Middle East peace
At the 23rd annual industrial nations summit in Denver, leaders drafted a communique urging China to ensure free elections in Hong Kong and calling Middle East parties to accelerate peace talks. They backed non cloning policy, discussed Bosnia and Africa, warned Bosnia aid could be cut if peace violations persist, and pressed Japan on its trade surplus.
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China
Hong Kong
Middle East
Sherpas
Jacques Chirac
Bosnia
Africa
Clinton
Japan
United States
Great Britain
Canada
France
Germany
Italy
Russia
Israel
Syria
Lebanon
Yevgeny Primakov
Associated Press
Boris Yeltsin
Yeltsin
Khmer Rouge chief Pol Pot reportedly captured in Cambodia
Cambodias rival co premiers Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Hun Sen said Pol Pot was captured by former comrades ending the Khmer Rouges 30 year guerrilla movement though no independent evidence was supplied. Ranariddh urged a UN tribunal for a fair trial.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot
Norodom Ranariddh
Hun Sen
Ranariddh
U.N
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Iated Press
Charlie Riedel
Hays Daily
Nate Roth
Pfeifer
Eddie Roth
Dave Oberley
Kansas Department of Human Resources
Jetmore
Dighton
Industrial Nations
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